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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the
joint response from the CDC group and DFID to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s
recommendations on CDC’s investments in low-income and fragile states of March 2019,
if he will publish the independent review of progress achieved against CDC’s strategic
objectives before the end of its current strategy cycle.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the
joint response from the CDC Group and the Department for International Development
to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s recommendations on CDC’s investments
in low-income and fragile states, published in March 2019, how many full-time staff
CDC plan to have by the end of 2019 in each of its offices outside of the UK.

<p>CDC plans to have a total of 50 staff members based outside the UK by the end of
2019. A breakdown by country is given below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Bangladesh:</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia:</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt:</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India:</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya:</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar:</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal:</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria:</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan:</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>S
Africa:</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe:</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 17 April 2019 to Question 243539, how many of those 78 DFID staff were moved from
existing roles within the Department.

<p>68 staff were in existing roles working internally to support projects related
to the UK leaving the EU, with and without a deal. The additional 10 worked flexibly
on EU Exit related priorities whilst maintaining parts of other roles, in line with
DFID’s EU Exit prioritisation methodology which protects essential business.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 25 March 2019 to Question 243538 on Department for International Development: Secondment,
what the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) longest and (d) shortest length of secondment is
for those staff already deployed.

<p>In light of recent developments, DFID is working closely with other government
departments and the Cabinet Office to plan for the return of deployed staff. This
is an ongoing process and as such we are not yet in a position to answer this question.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 25 March 2019 to Question 234782 on Department for International Development: Secondment,
what the length of secondment is for those 74 staff already deployed.

<p>DFID continues to work to support other government departments’ increased resource
demands as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU, whilst ensuring continued delivery
of its core business. DFID is working closely with OGDs to match to urgent EU Exit
resource requirements across government. Deployment periods are varied, depending
on the nature of the work required but do not exceed the Government’s no deal response
period.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 3 April 2019 to Question 238674 on Department for International Development: Secondment,
if she will make publish the detailed prioritisation exercise.

<p>DFID’s prioritisation work was undertaken internally at directorate level to review
internal delivery plans alongside the core principle that DFID’s essential business
(delivering the 0.7% commitment and providing lifesaving humanitarian response) must
be protected. These plans are under constant review and as such are subject to change.
There are no plans to share the detail of this work externally.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 25 March 2019 to Question 238674 on Department for International Development:
Secondment, whether the essential delivery objectives of her Department includes ending
extreme poverty.

<p>All Government departments have been requested to restrict their work to essential
business only, allowing all other staff to be available for EU exit related priorities.
For DFID, the definition of essential work is spending 0.7% of GNI (Gross National
Income) on international development in an effective and value for money way and providing
lifesaving humanitarian response. Ending extreme poverty remains a departmental strategic
priority.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 25 March 2019 to Question 234782, how many of the 74 staff already deployed were
from each team within her Department.

<p>Roles and matches are provisional and subject to change as the needs of departments
shift. Overall the broad split of matched and deployed DFID staff is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Directorate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Corporate
Performance Group </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Economic Development and International</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country
Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Policy Research and Humanitarian </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indicative
% of total matched and deployed staff</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>It
should be noted that DFID regularly moves resources between directorate areas, therefore
this may not be indicative of an actual reduction in staffing in any given area.</p><p>All
potential matches are made following the core principle of protecting essential DFID
business.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 28 March 2019 to Question 236571, what estimate she has made of the further number
of deployments required from her Department.

<p>DFID is focussing on progressing current matches into actual deployments and will
respond to further requests as appropriate. The work to match and deploy to cross-government
priorities is iterative and likely to continue in the immediate future, as DFID continues
to support other government departments with increased demands. It is not possible
at this point to state with certainty how many more deployments will be required to
support EU exit work across government.</p>